Postal Service, first-responders to hold exercise

Postal Service, first-responders to hold exercise

A full-scale emergency exercise, including employee evacuation, will take place Wednesday at the Chattanooga Mail Processing and Distribution Center on Shallowford Road.

The drill is scheduled to begin at 3:45 p.m. and last about three hours, authorities said in a news release.

Postal service staff advise members of the public to be aware of this exercise. Lobby services and access to post office boxes at the Shallowford Road facility will be interrupted from about 3:30 to 4:45 p.m.

The exercise is being held to evaluate the postal service and city's coordinated emergency preparedness response plans in the event of an actual biohazard alert.